Women's Equality Party

This article is about the UK political party. For the New York based political party, see Women's Equality Party (New York). For other parties with similar names, see Women's Party.

Women's Equality Party
AbbreviationWE
WEP
LeaderMandu Reid
FoundersSandi Toksvig
Catherine Mayer
Founded2 March 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-02)
Dissolved17 November 2024; 7 days ago (17 November 2024)
HeadquartersKemp House
152–160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX[1]
Membership (October 2024)> 5,600 members (and around 24,000 registered supporters)[2]
Ideology
Colours  Purple
  Green
WSPU colours
Website
www.womensequality.org.uk

The Women's Equality Party (WEP) was a feminist political party set up in the United Kingdom in 2015. The idea was conceived by Catherine Mayer and Sandi Toksvig at the Women of the World Festival, when they concluded that there was a need for a party to campaign for gender equality to the benefit of all. The launch meeting was on 28 March 2015 under the title "The Women's Equality Party needs you. But probably not as much as you need the Women's Equality Party". The party's full policy was launched by its then-leader Sophie Walker at Conway Hall on 20 October 2015. In January 2020, Mandu Reid took over as the party's leader.

The party had one principal authority councillor on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, elected in 2024.[3] It also had two seats on Congleton Town Council, where Kay Wesley served as the party's first Town Mayor,[4] and had a seat on Stinsford Parish Council.[5]

  1. ^ "View registration - the Electoral Commission".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Observer, October 2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Borough council elections held on Thursday 2 May 2024". Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Meet the Councillors". Congleton Town Council. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Results of Uncontested Parish Council Elections in Dorset". Dorset Council. 8 April 2024.